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Biography of Eleni Daniilidou - Tennis
Biography
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Eleni Daniilidou (ΛÎνα Δανιηλίδου)
(born September 19, 1982) is a Greek tennis
player born in Chania, Crete. As of 2005, she has
won 3 WTA singles titles and 1 doubles title. In
2003, she reached the Australian Open mixed
doubles final. Her highest singles ranking has
been 14th. Daniilidou is currently coached by
Judith Sprenger. Daniilidou is also one of a
growing list of openly lesbian players on the WTA
Tour.
==Titles (4)==
===Singles (3)===
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|No.
|Date
|Tournament
|Surface
|Opponent in the final
|Score
|-
| 1.
| Jun 23, 2002
| 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
| Grass
| Elena Dementieva (Russia)
| 3-6 6-2 6-3
|-
| 2.
| Jan 5, 2003
| Auckland, New Zealand
| Hard
| Yoon Jeong Cho (South Korea)
| 6-4 4-6 7-6
|-
| 3.
| Jan 11, 2004
| Auckland, New Zealand
| Hard
| Ashley Harkleroad (United States|USA)
| 6-3 6-2
|}
===Singles Finalist (1)===
* 2002: Bahia (lost to Anastasia Myskina)
===Performance Timeline===
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! Tournament !! 2005 !! 2004 !! 2003 !! 2002 !!
2001 !! Career
|-
|Australian Open
|align="center"|1r
|align="center"|3r
|align="center"|4r
|align="center"|3r
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|0
|-
|French Open|Roland Garros
|align="center"|1r
|align="center"|1r
|align="center"|3r
|align="center"|2r
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|0
|-
|Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon
|align="center"|3r
|align="center"|1r
|align="center"|2r
|align="center"|4r
|align="center"|2r
|align="center"|0
|-
|US Open
|align="center"|1r
|align="center"|4r
|align="center"|1r
|align="center"|1r
|align="center"|3r
|align="center"|0
|-
|Finals reached
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|4
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|Tournaments Won
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|3
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|Year End Ranking
|align="center"|
|align="center"|34
|align="center"|26
|align="center"|22
|align="center"|81
|align="center"|N/A
|}
===Doubles (1)===
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cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%;
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|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| No.
| Date
| Tournament
| Partnering
| Opponents in the final
| Score
|-
| 1.
| 2004
| Stanford
| Nicole Pratt (Australia)
| Claudine Schaul (Luxembourg) / Iveta Benesova
(Czech Republic)
| 6-2 6-4
|}
==Other notable matches==
* 2003 Australian Open mixed doubles final.
Daniilidou and Todd Woodbridge lose 4-6 5-7 to
Leander Paes and a 47-year old Martina
Navratilova.
* 2005 Wimbledon 1st round. Daniilidou beats one
of the tournament favourites, Justine
Henin-Hardenne, 7-6, 2-6, 7-5.
==External links==
* wta|id=40313|name=Eleni Daniilidou
* http://www.elenidaniilidou.gr/ Official Website
(under construction)

